Lt. Melvill: Well done, Sir! Did you see that Noggs? Deceived him with the up and took him with the down. Norris-Newman: Well well, this one\'s a grandfather at least. If he\'d been a Zulu in his prime I\'d have given odds against your lancer, Mr.Melvill.

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Are there likely to be any Court Martial or Crown/Magistrates Court papers relating to the attack on Thomas Lockardt? I am only asking because court papers often have character references and statements from officers. There may be more information about Thomas and his military career contained in those papers.

Just realised that there won't be any court papers....under Question 4 on the discharge paper it states something along the lines of, Rough contact with service,..... 'of some members who remain unknown'.

Thomas suffered a fractured skull and the Surgeon describes it as 'rough contact'...with a fracture and a displacement of certain other bones.

Q3This a aftermath condition of Epilepsyinduced by an injury to the head incurredat the hands of soldiers of the Colchester Garrisonwho waylaid and maliciously ill-treatedhim without provocation and noticecausing a fracture of the orbit and displacementof certain other bones.

Q4Having problems with this one myself 90th.

Hi Waterloo50

I have a ref to the following with regards to the above."The Court of inquiry found the injury had taken place when absent when not on duty - he had broken out of barracks."(Regimental Journal, 1938)